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141 FUNCTIONAL MOTOR RECOVERY OF ANGIOGENESIS OF NERVE ALLOGRAFTS 7 Isometric tetanic force At 12 weeks, the recovery of the tibial muscle ITF measurements was 54.7 ± 4.7% for the autograft, 33.3 ± 2.7% for allografts, and 52.4 ± 4.9% for SIEF (Figure 4). In both autografts and the SIEF group, ITF recovered significantly better compared to allografts alone (P<0.01 and P=0.01 respectively). SIEF and autograft ITF outcomes were not different (P=0.58). At 16 weeks, no significant differences were found between groups (autograft 77.3 ± 7.1%, allograft 74.0 ± 5.5%, SIEF 70.2 ± 3.5%, P=0.64). Figure 4. Isometric tetanic force testing (ITF) at 12 and 16 weeks for the autograft, allograft and the allograft wrapped with a superficial inferior epigastric artery fascial (SIEF) flap. Results are expressed as a percentage of the experimental left side to the unoperated right side (L/R Ratio) and are given as the mean ± SEM. *Indicates significance at P<0.05, ** P<0.01). N=10 per group. SEM: Standard error of the mean.